(2006) 59 min
Prison, poverty, and life through the eyes of a 3-year-old girl
AUTUMN’S EYES is a compelling documentary about a 3-year-old girl who tries to navigate through the harsh reality of severe poverty, her teenage mother’s incarceration and looming foster care. Charming, obedient, and unable to fully comprehend the severity of her environment, Autumn is shielded from her own reality. Caught between the innocence of childhood and the growing necessity to be an adult, she represents hope to a family of women caught in the cyclical web of abuse, incarceration and poverty. AUTUMN’S EYES captures this impressionable time in this child’s life, and ask the greater question: is there truly hope for a child growing up in these circumstances? Through the perspective of a little girl, AUTUMN’S EYES explores this perilous state of hope.
Directed by
Paola Mendoza
Gabriel Noble
Produced by
Paola Mendoza
Gabriel Noble
Executive Producer
Michael Skolnik
Director of Photography
Gabriel Noble
Music Composer
Eli Breuggemann
Editors
Gloria LaMorte
Jospeh LaMorte
Subjects
Autumn Collier
Rose Collier
Antoinette Collier
Jasmine Collier